Robert Downey Sr., accomplished filmmaker and actor, dead at 85
'He was a true maverick filmmaker,' says his son, actor Robert Downey Jr.
By Linda Stasi and Peter SblendorioNew York Daily News
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Robert Downey Jr. and his father, Robert Downey Sr., arrive at Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World Gala in New York in 2008. Downey Sr., the accomplished countercultural filmmaker, actor and father of superstar Robert Downey Jr., has died. He was 85.
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NEW YORK — Robert Downey Sr., iconic filmmaker of breakthrough anti-establishment classic films such as “Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died early Wednesday morning in his sleep at his home in New York City, his wife told the Daily News.